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romney was wrong. governor romney has been wrong. no matter what he tries to do tonight, he's been wrong. when you're commander in chief you have to be steady. you don't get multiple choices to get it right. the president was strong. that was a commander in chief there. we thought governor romney was unsteady and fairly reckless in his language. >> how surprised were you at the new agreements that you got with governor romney tonight? afghanistan specifically. >> it's his fourth position. you can't trust him. he'll have a new position next week. this president has one position. he's going to end this war in 2014 in part because we've ses mated al qaeda. you look at governor romney you saw a politician not a commander in chief. i think that's going to worry people all across america. >> on what is the new afghanistan agreement between president obama and mitt romney, i want you to think about it as you're in a unique situation as having been a campaign techtition and work in the white house. with just looking at it tactically is it th
romney was wrong. governor romney has been wrong. no matter what he tries to do tonight, he's been wrong. when you're commander in chief you have to be steady. you don't get multiple choices to get it right. the president was strong. that was a commander in chief there. we thought governor romney was unsteady and fairly reckless in his language. >> how surprised were you at the new agreements that you got with governor romney tonight? afghanistan specifically. >> it's his fourth...
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what mitt romney's tv ads say about women, or what mitt romney, himself, says? >> do i believe supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. >> no matter what mitt romney's ads say, we know what he'll do. >> in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine president obama was asked if he believes mitt romney will try and undo roe v. wade. "i don't think there's any doubt," the president said. "we know the current supreme court has four members who would overturn roe v. wade. all it takes is one more for that to happen." the longer mitt romney stays silent on this issue the worse he looks. this is an issue of leadership and character which i think he lacks. at least richard mourdock, as much as i disagree with him, has the guts to stand up and say what he believes and then stand by it. the same can never be said for mitt romney. get your cell phones out. i w
what mitt romney's tv ads say about women, or what mitt romney, himself, says? >> do i believe supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. >> no matter what mitt romney's ads say, we know what he'll do. >> in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine...
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romney has a 29% chance. and as of tonight, 7.7 million people have already voted and that includes the president who cast his own ballot today in chicago. we'll have much more on the early voting later on in the show. but we start with tonight's lead. mitt romney's mourdock mess. senate candidate richard mourdock's god intended rape comments are now threatening to undermine mitt romney's careful effort to appeal to voters as moderate mitt. desperate to hide the extreme republican positions on women's health, romney is just wishing and hoping this will all go away. but someone forgot to tell the press corps this morning in ohio. >> governor, do you wish senator mourdock would pull that ad? >> thank you. have a good day. >> you, too. >> that's me? >> have a great day. >> thank you. have a good day. but please don't ask be about god intending rape anymore. this is awkward for mitt romney after all at this hour romney's ad endorsing mourdock is still running in indiana and the campaign has no plans to pull suppo
romney has a 29% chance. and as of tonight, 7.7 million people have already voted and that includes the president who cast his own ballot today in chicago. we'll have much more on the early voting later on in the show. but we start with tonight's lead. mitt romney's mourdock mess. senate candidate richard mourdock's god intended rape comments are now threatening to undermine mitt romney's careful effort to appeal to voters as moderate mitt. desperate to hide the extreme republican positions on...
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or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi arabia, frifns, an, for instance, and for the first time when romney hugged him on that i went, wow, because rom at this has come this close to saying i wouldn't have done that, he threw our ally under the bus, right? that has been a talking point of romney and boy not only did he backtrack from that he said you know i would have done the same thing as the president and that one floored me. >> so, charlie, one thing about the horses and bayonets line i think al is exactly right, there was substance to the barb, but you know we should ju
or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi...
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mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in this area, mitt romney's, they're all an inch deep. so i think that there was a calculation that look, we do not want to get into a back and forth. peel back the onion. so when obama would attack, romney's response, a number of times was just well, attacking me doesn't solve the problem. but of course you could say about any attack or any -- you could say that no matter what. and it kind of gets you through in a way but it also fends off any extended -- any extended back and forth because when you peel back, he hasn't articulated beyond the talk and beyond the bluster
mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in...
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>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he is in the white house. so when i look at people like the former speaker, when i look at other republicans, pretty much every republican candidate who has ever run against mitt romney, all accuse him of having tremendous character flaws, not having a core, being willing to say anything to make it to the white house. this is not kind of where you look at a person and say well, this person's not qualified. >> i just said to beau biden earlier, it's all very well saying that but what about barack obama, i remember this being a very big moment, i was proud of it because i was against guantanamo bay.
>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he...
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here is romney. >> romney: did you get a chance to watch the debates? [ cheering ] >> romney: they have super charged our campaign. i got to tell you that. >> cenk: all right we're going to win! the campaign and the debates--by the way i watched the debates. you watched three out of four of them, you and ryan did. sad day for you. now here's obama's team saying the same thing. watch. >> we know what we know, and they know what they know. i'm confident that we're going to win this race, and we'll know who is bluffing and who isn't in two weeks. >> cenk: before if you remember both sides were, look, i don't know if we're going to win the polls don't look good. all of a sudden two weeks before the election, oh, we're definitely going to win. why do they do that? before they need money. that's why they send the panic e-mails to all their supporters, etc. saying give us $3 because we're about to lose. oh, my god, it's panic time. but now we're close to the election they've raised the money, they bought the ad. what is matters most is that you turn out the vo
here is romney. >> romney: did you get a chance to watch the debates? [ cheering ] >> romney: they have super charged our campaign. i got to tell you that. >> cenk: all right we're going to win! the campaign and the debates--by the way i watched the debates. you watched three out of four of them, you and ryan did. sad day for you. now here's obama's team saying the same thing. watch. >> we know what we know, and they know what they know. i'm confident that we're going to...
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romney is also a hypocrite. as president obama points out, mitt romney's plan for the auto workers of ohio would have actually sent jobs to china. >> he's hoping you remember that it's likely to create jobs in china because is shifts them overseas instead of here in the united states of america. if mitt romney had been president when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an automobile industry today. we'd be buying cars from china instead of selling to them. >> mitt romney's path to the presidency is impossible without ohio's 18 electoral votes. right now winning ohio is not looking good for romney. six ohio polls were released this week. five of them have president obama leading. one is tied. president obama's average lead in ohio is 2.3 points. that's a big lead, seriously. now families in northern ohio have not forgotten what the rescue of the automobile industry did for their state. one in eight ohio jobs are about the automobile industry. this is why mitt romney is doing everythi
romney is also a hypocrite. as president obama points out, mitt romney's plan for the auto workers of ohio would have actually sent jobs to china. >> he's hoping you remember that it's likely to create jobs in china because is shifts them overseas instead of here in the united states of america. if mitt romney had been president when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an automobile industry today. we'd be buying cars from china instead of selling to them....
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here comes romney. he throws the softball up. >> romney: our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission. we're now at 285. we're headed down to the low 200s if we go through a sequestration. that's unacceptable to me. >> cenk: oh, really? yeah 1917. our navy is smaller. our navy is not as good. president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go underwater nuclear submarines. >> cenk: oh! mitt, welcome to the middle of the ring. oh no! look what's happening! god, i love that line. that was my favorite line. actually, i think it was one of the best lines i've seen in a debate in a long time. romney makes the mistake of challenging president obama on israel. saying he hasn't gone there enough. here's his response. >> obama: when i went to israel as a candidate.
here comes romney. he throws the softball up. >> romney: our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission. we're now at 285. we're headed down to the low 200s if we go through a sequestration. that's unacceptable to me. >> cenk: oh, really? yeah 1917. our navy is smaller. our navy is not as good. president obama take it away. >> obama: governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our...
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romney? we have some new poll numbers from that crucial battleground state. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. even when we cross our "t"s and dot our "i"s, we still run into problems -- mainly other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where...
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romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out war against that country without using the ward wor. we attack their nuclear sites, they say urngcle, and that's the end of it. that's where people like general kour tis le may said 50 years ago during the cuban missile crisis. just knock out the soviet missiles in cuba. they won't do nothing. nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new york and said to. quote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our missiles even if only one or two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. an awful lot of people would have been wiped out. consequences. understand the consequences. th
romney, wash. when i hear mitt romney speak about foreign policy, it's always toughness. when i hear bewe got to get tough, i hear war. surrounded as he is by the same people who were w's advisers, i feel his presence even stronger. war. does america want a war? in recent years we have had wars going on in iraq and afghanistan. do we now want another one with a far more powerful, more modern islamic country? the implication for romney's tough talk in iran is we can commit an act of out and out...
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mitt romney has the momentum. you got the sense that american people are so focused on the economy this cycle. foreign policy debates like this are not going to click. >> and the early part of the debate last night i thought mitt romney did fairly well. president obama dominated the better of the debate. i think he did emerge winning on debate points. >> david gurg insaid he thinks he passed an important test in this debate called the commander in chief test. >> cnn political reporter peter hammy says from 9:00 to 10:45 eastern last night, the top five rising searches on google were horses and bayonets, syria, molly, drones, and tumult. if you missed last night's debate including all the tumult, tune in to cnn noon eastern for an encore presentation. >> and president obama talking about the strength of our economy on his watch as commander in chief. >> and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> so is this true? we're going to go live to washington to get the real story. hmm, it says he
mitt romney has the momentum. you got the sense that american people are so focused on the economy this cycle. foreign policy debates like this are not going to click. >> and the early part of the debate last night i thought mitt romney did fairly well. president obama dominated the better of the debate. i think he did emerge winning on debate points. >> david gurg insaid he thinks he passed an important test in this debate called the commander in chief test. >> cnn political...
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romney, thank you for joining us on the flight. i get outside and mr. romney? george scott romney, mitt romney's brother. the whole time. happens to love the show. big fan. big fan of dana, especially. >> dana: well, who isn't? >> andrea: did you say nice things about his brother's performance >> eric: i think i did. >> andrea: that would be bad if you said he didn't do well >> andrea: bob and i have the segment on america's newsroom for six years. this morning, it was outed last night i wasn't watching the debate. i was at a rush concert. but i watched the debate when i got home. i got an e-mail from surprisingly the lead singer of kansas. a big deal to me. john alafonte, all the way to the right. classic rock jungie. i have older siblings and grew up in a diner. give me a break. he wrote me an e-mail and he said a message for you. he said i saw your mini debate with beckel. "who is rush?" is he in the stone age? meaning you. if i had to guess i'd say you are in your young 30s, glad to hear you're in to classic rock. i sang with kansas. he said keep it up, "th
romney, thank you for joining us on the flight. i get outside and mr. romney? george scott romney, mitt romney's brother. the whole time. happens to love the show. big fan. big fan of dana, especially. >> dana: well, who isn't? >> andrea: did you say nice things about his brother's performance >> eric: i think i did. >> andrea: that would be bad if you said he didn't do well >> andrea: bob and i have the segment on america's newsroom for six years. this morning, it...
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romney. the ohio, wisconsin, and iowa, he's got to make some inroads there. before that there's these four obama '08 states that are necessary for romney to flip over. starts with north carolina. he's well positioned to do that. florida, more likely than not to do that, but he also has to flip virginia and colorado before we can start talking about the ohio/wisconsin scenario. i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling statistic out there. if you compare the exit polls from 2008 with the gallup polls from right now. if you look at the regional breakdown -- >> you mean the gallup tracking poll. >> if you look at the regional breakdown, in 2008 in the south, in the exit poll, it was even, obama versus mccain. today in that gallup tracking poll, it's a 22-point lead for mitt romney. so i think what you've seen is almost -- it looks like there's been an explosion of anti-obama sentiment in very, very red states which might be i
romney. the ohio, wisconsin, and iowa, he's got to make some inroads there. before that there's these four obama '08 states that are necessary for romney to flip over. starts with north carolina. he's well positioned to do that. florida, more likely than not to do that, but he also has to flip virginia and colorado before we can start talking about the ohio/wisconsin scenario. i think those are right now both of those at best 50/50 states for romney. i think the real -- there's a telling...
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what mitt romney needs to do what mitt romney needs to do monday night to convince remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying... [ voice of dennis ] silence. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the safe driving bonus check. are you in good hands? say we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghanistan is responsible for its own security. that's what i'm doing. >> iran is closer to a nuclear bomb. syria is not just the tragedy of civilians being killed by a military, but also a strategically player for america. the president's policies throughout the middle east began an apology tour, and the strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> barack obama and president obama trading shots over the preside
what mitt romney needs to do what mitt romney needs to do monday night to convince remember when you said men are superior drivers? yeah. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying... [ voice of...
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romney can win. romney ideoyg s 3 undouy n oyg s 3 oamhao . program last night and he was saying that in internal polls, they're not seeing this romney momentum that the media has talked about so much since the first debate. they think momentum that obama is doing pretty well. do you buy that, that there's not the narrative of romney momentum is not accurate? >> i think romney did do better, objectively he improved his position after the first debate. i don't think he improved it any in the last ten days or so, but he improved his position then. i don't see any momentum at all and i see 1,000 polls. it still is a pretty tight race. the real difference is between polls that do live interviews and polls that do robocalls that came to cell phones. that accounts for a significant difference. that's a real issue here. as we come down the stretch. >> mary, can romney win without winning ohio? >> yes, he can, and i don't -- i don't know how that enthusiasm gap that used to be 20 points could all of a sudden be even. let's look at they have the same e
romney can win. romney ideoyg s 3 undouy n oyg s 3 oamhao . program last night and he was saying that in internal polls, they're not seeing this romney momentum that the media has talked about so much since the first debate. they think momentum that obama is doing pretty well. do you buy that, that there's not the narrative of romney momentum is not accurate? >> i think romney did do better, objectively he improved his position after the first debate. i don't think he improved it any in...
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romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because you invested in companies shipping jobs overseas. >> romney wants to label china a currency manipulator. but under president obama, exports have doubled. he created a trade enforcement task force to prosecute china for cheating. he's also building regional relationships to pressure china to play fair. and there's one other trade policy the president reminded romney about last night. >> if we had taken your advice about the auto industry, we would be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. >> r
romney is good at that. the the moderator asked romney if threatening china could ignite a trade war. >> they sell us about this much stuff every year. and we sell them about this much stuff every year. it's pretty clear who doesn't want a trade war. there's one going on right now, which we don't know about. and they are winning. >> romney likes to whine about china, but the president didn't let him get away with it. >> governor romney is right. you are familiar with jobs...
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romney did do well compared to obama. there was disappointment with obama among democrats after the first debate. i think he has started to regain some of that because it is performances, but the first debate at a tremendous impact on the race. >> wherever obama goes, you hear him say, come out and vote, you have to. >> he relies on groups that have low turnout rates paid blacks, hispanics, people he needs and that catapulted him to the top in 2008. remember, there was a big turnout in 2008. those people lack the passion today and he needs to get them out. >> the pew research center and a harvard university poll indicates, it if they are accurate, that fewer young people are going to turn at this time than last time. >> i don't think you really need a survey to tell you that treat your own eyes, your own experience can tell you that. i don't know anybody who says that young people are going to vote more this year. >> one thing obama has is this data mining think, this state of the arctic about -- this state of the art dat
romney did do well compared to obama. there was disappointment with obama among democrats after the first debate. i think he has started to regain some of that because it is performances, but the first debate at a tremendous impact on the race. >> wherever obama goes, you hear him say, come out and vote, you have to. >> he relies on groups that have low turnout rates paid blacks, hispanics, people he needs and that catapulted him to the top in 2008. remember, there was a big turnout...
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moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week. direction of romney. >> bret: of those changes what is most important in your mind? >> last week we saw a three, two, one strategy we have been talking about fall in place. indiana, north carolina now moving safely to romney's column. vas is a tossup. florida now. i think most people look at that. leaning romney. that is in place. he is within the hunt for ohio. that completes the two. any one of the other states wisconsin, nevada, colorado, new hampshire, any one of them, and he could complete the three, two, one strategy. own wit
moss went from lean romney to romney. connecticut, a change that benefited obama lean obama to the obama category. that leads obama with 184 electoral college votes. romney with 169. 237, 206. 95 tossups. now there were additional changes in the standings. governor romney added strength in new hampshire going from one down to one up. president obama added strength in nevada. one point to three. wisconsin, one point to three. ohio, one point to two. slowing of the movement compared to last week....
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it stands in sharp contrast to romney romney's. we can look at these polls a million different ways. they all say something different. at the end of the day, we're focused on getting the president across the country. meeting as many voters as possible. and investing in that ground game, ohio, florida, the first day of early voting yesterday, record numbers of people are m coing out to vote. there's a sign behind the president's re-election. we're confident. >> we're also seeing newspaper endorsements. president obama getting the endorsement of "new york times." the des moines register hasn't endorsed a republican since 1972 richard nixon, they endorsed romney, saying that he offers a fresh economic vision. it said that barack obama rocketed to the presidency from relative obscurity with a theme of hope and change. a different reality has marked his presidency. his record on the economy the past four years does not suggest that he would lead in the direction the nation must go in the next four years. how much does this hurt? >> they
it stands in sharp contrast to romney romney's. we can look at these polls a million different ways. they all say something different. at the end of the day, we're focused on getting the president across the country. meeting as many voters as possible. and investing in that ground game, ohio, florida, the first day of early voting yesterday, record numbers of people are m coing out to vote. there's a sign behind the president's re-election. we're confident. >> we're also seeing newspaper...
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not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen here, i think that romney will go into this debate and try to hug the president where he can, and kind of pivot back to the economy. i think the president in this debate has got to be not just focusing on foreign policy, because that's the obvious thing to do. when governor romney tries to make this about the economy and domestic issues, to undercut that argument every chance he has. >> michael, is there any chance governor romney would come out swinging and perhaps try to paint the president as a person or a leader who does not, for example, support israel, blame the president for iran bein
not based on governor romney in the primary. >> it's tuesday, so it's a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it's not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it's afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you're rattling sabers and that's your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what's going to happen...
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mitt romney was knee-deep in it. a rising star at a boston consulting group, bain & company, which had a great pitch -- help businesses make money by cutting costs. >> by all accounts, mitt romney was very successful in advising companies how to improve their business operations. >> but soon romney's boss had a better idea. instead of just advising companies, why not buy them with investor money to generate huge profits. and bain capital was born. early partner jeffrey rennart. >> well, it was a lot of long hours, a lot of late nights and a lot of learning but a lot of success. >> so what kind of a leader was mitt romney during those early years? >> i would say in the early years mitt was a lead-by-example kind of leader. he -- you know, he dug in, you know, did analysis side by side with us. >> and it paid off. bain capital invested in more than 100 companies, nearly doubling its returns for clients annually. >> how you doing? >> romney made a lot of money, and he would later claim created a lot of jobs. but a forme
mitt romney was knee-deep in it. a rising star at a boston consulting group, bain & company, which had a great pitch -- help businesses make money by cutting costs. >> by all accounts, mitt romney was very successful in advising companies how to improve their business operations. >> but soon romney's boss had a better idea. instead of just advising companies, why not buy them with investor money to generate huge profits. and bain capital was born. early partner jeffrey rennart....
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for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a smaller group. cbs among undecided, how do they matter in the way that people react to these polls? do they wait to see who the numbers go with or make their own judgment? what do you think? >> i think that these instant polls have an influence on how press cover these debates and the aftermath and the day after but i think the american people watching the debate tonight probably made their own judgments. i think they probably came down with the same conclusion that cbs did, that they saw one commander commander tonight a
for mitt romney. tonight, a 30-point win for president obama. now, be you can always read too much into these polls but a big win for mitt romney, that poll is part of the reason it was seen as such a big win. that poll tonight showing a bigger win for president obama. we're going to go back to chris matthews who is in boca raton with stephanie cutter. >> let's read a lot into it. stephanie, what do you make of the fact that we have three polls out tonight? we're going to hear from a...
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and so the massachusetts romney, obviously very different from the 2008 romney. 2008 romney pretty different from the 2012 romney. and so here's a guy whose skills are not ideological, they're not philosophical. his skills, his passion is about process, not about ends. >> he thinks, "the weak condition of the economy, that's made for me, mitt romney. i can fix that problem. and this is what i'm trained to do. i can come in, i can build a team, i can be serious about this." i think, you know, with every fiber of his being, he believes he can do that. >> mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. (crowd cheering) >> narrator: now, america faces a choice between these two very different men. one, a son born to privilege who followed a path blazed by his father. a bishop with a deep faith in god, family and his own abilities. the other, a son born to an absent father and mother who created his own identity and came to believe that he could find common ground in a nation's differences. the challenger, a businessman who became a turnaround specialist a
and so the massachusetts romney, obviously very different from the 2008 romney. 2008 romney pretty different from the 2012 romney. and so here's a guy whose skills are not ideological, they're not philosophical. his skills, his passion is about process, not about ends. >> he thinks, "the weak condition of the economy, that's made for me, mitt romney. i can fix that problem. and this is what i'm trained to do. i can come in, i can build a team, i can be serious about this." i...
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liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them the time to do it. -- jim lehrer gave them the time to do it. i think candy crowley did a good job, i think martha raddatz did a good job. i don't know the formula for a good debate. >> it seems that there are two choices here. you can have a moderator who holds their feet to the fire a bit and ask serious questions and is not let them michael around, and martha raddatz was the best example of that. if you are not going to do that, just let them talk to each other and have a bus to go up for time. >> what about the town hall format? >> no, i think i.t. is completely phony. i have an impo
liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them...
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. >> romney has b. put millions of dollars behind ads saying i'm not that bad on contraception and abortion. it's not that -- he's not proudly stating his positions, i'm proud to overturn roe, defund planned parenthood. he's put this woman forward if you've seen the ad, trying to say i'm not that bad. he knows these issues hurt him with women, and with men, frankly. we've seen it over and over, say one thing in one audience and do another. that's clearly in the debate. the fact that mitt romney could not answer a basic question where he would be on equal pay, which is a fundamental economic issue, shows how much they don't want to stand behind their positions which of course is to oppose lilly ledbetter fair pay act. >> does it alarm you to see that erosi erosion? >> of course. all of the research shows when women know how extreme mitt romney is on these positions, they won't vote for him, and menace well. the important thing, as this election here, these last two weeks a lot of women are focusing on th
. >> romney has b. put millions of dollars behind ads saying i'm not that bad on contraception and abortion. it's not that -- he's not proudly stating his positions, i'm proud to overturn roe, defund planned parenthood. he's put this woman forward if you've seen the ad, trying to say i'm not that bad. he knows these issues hurt him with women, and with men, frankly. we've seen it over and over, say one thing in one audience and do another. that's clearly in the debate. the fact that mitt...
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romney. during monday night's debate, romney claimed he never opposed the automobile rescue, but he did. in 2008, he wrote an op-ed of "the new york times," saying that the government should let detroit go bankrupt. romney now insists he wanted a managed bankruptcy. instead, by the way, romney's not talking about the automobile industry on the campaign trail lately, but president obama is. >> if you sit on stage in a nationally televised debate, saying how much you love cars. you're a car guy, except you wrote an article titled, "let detroit go bankrupt," then you almost certainly have romnesia. >> romney not only opposed the policy which saved the automobile industry and more than a million jobs, he actually -- listen to this, folks -- profited off of it. that's right. "the nation" magazine reports that romney, he had invested in delphi. it's a major supplier of general motors. and it was in serious financial trouble back in 2009. delphi ended up getting, what? billions of taxpayer dollars t
romney. during monday night's debate, romney claimed he never opposed the automobile rescue, but he did. in 2008, he wrote an op-ed of "the new york times," saying that the government should let detroit go bankrupt. romney now insists he wanted a managed bankruptcy. instead, by the way, romney's not talking about the automobile industry on the campaign trail lately, but president obama is. >> if you sit on stage in a nationally televised debate, saying how much you love cars....
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mitt romney? what i was surprised about, greta during the debate on the middle east, mitt romney didn't bring up israel once. it just shows he isn't committed to israel in the way he says is he and only used it as a political opportunity and not done a very good job. >> i was surprised and is a missed opportunity for governor rom neechl i would have mentioned president obama didn't meet with prime minister netanyahu when he was here and that he was today there was a israel's embassy web site where they talked about they're surprised about the story whether there would be bilateral talk was iran or not. looks like there is a very chilly relationship between the president and prime minister netanyahu. ways surprised that governor romney didn't hit him with that. >> i was surprised that governor romney, who said israel is a priority didn't mention it. president obama made it clear in word and deed he has had israel back. he reiterated time and again when it doumz making sure israel and united states
mitt romney? what i was surprised about, greta during the debate on the middle east, mitt romney didn't bring up israel once. it just shows he isn't committed to israel in the way he says is he and only used it as a political opportunity and not done a very good job. >> i was surprised and is a missed opportunity for governor rom neechl i would have mentioned president obama didn't meet with prime minister netanyahu when he was here and that he was today there was a israel's embassy web...
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you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it auto industry. >> he decided not to do this. >> i don't know when the moment will come. is it after the election? chris: i don't know that attacking the other guy is going to work. >> if you were to put obama on truce, here's what i would do, it wouldn't be politically popular. the fact that he wants to cut a deal immediately following the election that would cut entitlements. chris: why doesn't he say something about the auto industry? >> the auto industry is popular in key states but not popular in other states. chris: let's get to libya. he's got to have closure. >> he's got to have closure on monday n
you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it...
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is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with afghanistan is people we're training are killing the americans. >> and, willie, that really is -- i did not go to any military colleges, but if you were actually training people to turn around and kill you, that's a bad sign you need to get out of the country. >> i audited a class at west pointe once. >> here we go. we were doing so well. coming up live -- >> what about the giants? we're going to talk about the giants. >> we're going to keep going here. senator john mccain will be here onset. and also romney's sparring partner and debate prep, dr. brzezinski will join us
is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with...
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mitt romney staring at barack obama. some suggesting he may have look at little angry or acted a little bit more aggressively. mitt romney smiling and sort of the obama team put it the other day the happy warrior in debate. took a complete pass on libya as you mentioned and talked about how we deal with these extremists saying we can't kill our way out of this mess and talking about later how we want a peaceful planet. accusing president obama a failure to lead. making his points more on overall policy failure and obama team part saying our influence in the world is receding. much as he did in that debate last week where he gave one answer, mitt romney did, that summed up his positions on the economy. that one sound bite that got repeated over in over in the days that followed. he attempted to do the same tonight on foreign policy when he talked about the situation in syria. he talked about 30,000 dead and a failure to lead in his view. chaos in the middle east, jihadists continuing to spread. iran four years closer to i
mitt romney staring at barack obama. some suggesting he may have look at little angry or acted a little bit more aggressively. mitt romney smiling and sort of the obama team put it the other day the happy warrior in debate. took a complete pass on libya as you mentioned and talked about how we deal with these extremists saying we can't kill our way out of this mess and talking about later how we want a peaceful planet. accusing president obama a failure to lead. making his points more on...
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now here's governor romney's itinerary. nevada, colorado, virginia, iowa and of course, ohio, ohio, ohio. about the only nonswing state stop, president obama today who touched down in chicago to vote and was asked to show some i.d. >> all right. >> i need some i.d. >> you're right. hold on. i've got my driver's license. here you go. now, ignore the fact that there's no gray hair in that picture. >> speaking to chicago campaign workers, they say mr. obama reminded them to work hard, it's going to be close, he said. if voters don't turn out and these are his words, we could lose this election. more on the president, the challenger and their two events today. jim acosta is on the campaign trail in ohio. so is jessica yellin. gloria borger joins us as well. president obama's campaign could not like these numbers. we should ignore national polls but these are state polls we're looking at. romney has either closed the gap or is ahead. what do they make of that? >> anderson, i can feel you smile when i tell you this but they say t
now here's governor romney's itinerary. nevada, colorado, virginia, iowa and of course, ohio, ohio, ohio. about the only nonswing state stop, president obama today who touched down in chicago to vote and was asked to show some i.d. >> all right. >> i need some i.d. >> you're right. hold on. i've got my driver's license. here you go. now, ignore the fact that there's no gray hair in that picture. >> speaking to chicago campaign workers, they say mr. obama reminded them to...